THE CRYOTRON FILES: The Untold Story of Dudley Buck, Cold War Computer Scientist and Microchip Pioneer
Eye-opening investigation into the mysterious death of MIT professor Dudley Allen Buck, a brilliant, young Cold War scientist who died in 1959 shortly after a visit by a group of Soviet computer experts. His latest invention, the Cryotron, was an early form of microchip that would have greatly advanced ballistic missile technology. 16 pages of photos.
Format: Hardbound
Pages: 288
Publisher: Overlook
ISBN: 9781468315776
Item #: 9161724
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